Tips on earning bells fast

[Chocolate]

Hi recently i've been finding it quite hard to scrape enough bells together to pay of home loans and donations for public works projects i've unlocked the island but it's still pretty hard and i just wanna see if u guys have any good tips on making bells too!

 

[poliwag0]

You can sell the island items to people for lots of bells. Or catch bugs in the island.

 

[mayorvanessa]

Turnips are probably the best method. There's always usually someone who has a high price during the week.

 

[Shirohibiki]

If you don't TT, turnips.

Otherwise, bug hunting! Or seeing what items sell on Retail. (man I wish I'd joined this site ages ago lmfao)

 

[Leopardfire]

You can exchange TBT bells for in-game bells on here. I traded 500 TBT bells here yesterday for 4.5 mil in-game bells.

 

[amemome]

Turnips are the best method just because you can make mad amounts of profit. You just have to be careful about time traveling if you do turnips. Rare bugs and Sharks was my method until I did a few rounds of turnips. The worst thing about turnips is having to clear your closet space to hold them. If you don't mind having your side characters hold your stuff while you go turnip-ing, it's pretty great.

 

[Sidewalk]

If you have another copy of the game which you don't mind TT, than use it as a cycling town to sell your villagers, and post them at the villager trading section.

 

[Chocolate]

only problem is i dont know how you sell villagers

 

[bellafez]

only problem is i dont know how you sell villagers

It's very easy! In the Villager Trading Plaza (another forum on this site) there is a stickied list of villager popularity. If you have any of the more popular ones, they can sell for millions of Bells! You have to wait for the villager to tell you they are moving, then TT to the move date they told you about - they are now 'in boxes'. At this point you invite someone over to your town: when they talk to a villager in boxes the villager will offer to move into their town. The player can then give you the amount of money you agreed on in the forum.
You can also auction villagers or trade them for items or other villagers.

 

[kasane]

Bug hunting on the island takes you around 30 minutes and earns you around 400k each trip.
Just go and catch the beetles on the Coconut/Banana trees c:

Or you can go and sell turnips.
Buy them from Joan and wait until your Re-Tail sells them for a good price (recommended range: 400-600+)
How many you would like to buy is up to you. The more you buy, the bigger the risk, but also the bigger the profit.
Btw turnips will spoil/rot if you TT or fail to sell them by next Sunday morning.

You can sell furniture/DLCs/series on TBT in the Re-Tail section, or auction off your villagers.
And there are some people here who are willing to exchange in-game Bells for TBT Bells (look at the rates people have, such as 800k = 100TBT)

 

[dreamysnowx]

One word: Turnips.

Also you mentioned earlier you have Marshal moving? You can sell your villagers for lots of bells on Villager trading plaza. That's one way to make quick bells all in one go. Especially since Marshal is extremely popular, he will go for lots of bells. ^~^

 

[ALLCAPS]

Beetle/shark hunting and turnips. Turnips is the best method, imo. I made about 30mil island hunting, but when I switched to turnips I made double of that in less than half the time. You just have to know when and where to sell your turnips. I find good prices over at reddit's ACTurnips or at the Train Station board of this site. Mostly I'm on tumblr though because I have a friend who TTs for turnip prices. xD

If you don't have any capital for investing on turnips, beetle hunt first.

Villager selling/auctions also make good money but you have to have good villagers for people to consider to buy, etc etc.

 

[Junetta]

I sell beetles and shark, so boring but worth it with the Bell Boom ordinance. I recently sold turnips at another town at a very high price and I had a huge profit! I want to keep doing that

 

[LillyKay]

Shark and beetle hunt then invest most of what you have earned in Turnips. Some advice:

Be patient and vigilant. Check threads regularly (everyday) for high prices.

If you can?t sell for a huge profit by about Friday; sell at any price that avoids a loss even if you make very little from each bushel. Sunday is just around the corner for more excitement!

Be nice and people will be falling over themselves to help you out. I have time travelled in order to let a lot of really nice people in. I have also noted that others will time travel to help out.

If you want millions of Bells ? invest millions of bells. I always buy at least one lockerful and have never made a loss apart from one time I forgot and time travelled. ROT!

 

[aimeekitty]

make sure you set up your island properly, there are tutorials online on how to place the trees and which bugs are worth the most (like the golden one). Don't bother with butterflies, largely. Best times are mornings before 8 am and and after 7pm. Set Bell Boom ordinance if you are selling bugs and other things to raise money.

buy an entire locker full of turnips when you can afford it and then sell it for 500+ in someone else's town listed on the train station thread.